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        Diffutils-3.5
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          The Diffutils package contains programs that show the differences
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              <strong class="segtitle">Approximate build time:</strong>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Required disk space:</strong>
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          6.52.1. Installation of Diffutils
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          First fix a file so locale files are installed:
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          Prepare Diffutils for compilation:
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<kbd class="command">./configure --prefix=/usr</kbd>
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<kbd class="command">make</kbd>
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<kbd class="command">make check</kbd>
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<kbd class="command">make install</kbd>
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              <strong class="segtitle">Installed programs:</strong>
              <span class="segbody">cmp, diff, diff3, and sdiff</span>
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                    <a id="cmp" name="cmp"></a><span class=
                    "term"><span class="command"><strong>cmp</strong></span></span>
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                    Compares two files and reports whether or in which bytes
                    they differ
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                    <a id="diff" name="diff"></a><span class=
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                    Compares two files or directories and reports which lines
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                    <a id="diff3" name="diff3"></a><span class=
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                    Compares three files line by line
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                    <a id="sdiff" name="sdiff"></a><span class=
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                    Merges two files and interactively outputs the results
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